The Sinclair ZX Spectrum was one of the most important early home computers, an affordable model that inspired a generation as it brought amateur programming and computer gaming to the masses.

The Spectrum, although also a very strong seller and the linchpin of a much bigger programming and cultural scene than the ZX81 generated, had a fatal flaw — it was desperately unreliable.

Fire up ZX Spectrum: Elite Collection on your iPhone and you’ll smile at the familiar sound of a program loading from a cassette tape. Launch one of the six included games and you’ll cringe at ...

At the end of the bonus material is a strange noise that turns out to be a ZX Spectrum Basic program. [OooSLAJEREKooO] managed to find it, play it, and record it for all of us (see video below).

“The ZX Spectrum Next Issue 2 is fully compatible with the original Spectrum 48, 128, +2, +3 and even some clones such as the Russian Pentagon, allowing it to run virtually every piece of ...

The ZX Spectrum was of course the brainchild of the late Clive Sinclair, the serial entrepreneur and inventor who came to prominence in 1972 with one of the world’s first – and by far its ...

The BBC reunites the team behind the ZX Spectrum 30 years on from the computer's launch.

Now, nearly three decades after the last units rolled off the production lines of Dundee’s Timex factory, the ZX Spectrum is to be revived for the 21st century.

Just a quicky to round off the weekend: I thoroughly enjoyed this post -- via the ever-entertaining MetaFilter group blog.It describes, in the words of participant Eugeniusz Pazderski, how a group ...